A Rose by any other name

 

Bonnyrigg Rose are the visitors in our second Group D League Cup game. Both sides lost their opening games and will be looking to get back on track. Only one competitive fixture between the sides and that was in last seasons League Cup group stage in which Inverness struggled to get the better of the Rose before edging it 2 - 1. We were fortunate to have someone on the park to inject that bit of extra quality to get us the win. That will be difficult to replicate this season. His name was Aaron Doran, our very own rose, and now abandoned by the club in his hour of need. Shameful stuff from the club, knee surgeon and all. Plenty of discussion around the club looking for new investors and you can read all about it on the link below.

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Match/Ticket Info

Dundee Tie Moved

Knee Surgeon Statement (no mention of Aaron)

Investment Topic on CTO

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Jags a thorn in the Rose:  2 - 1 The first ever meeting between The Caley Jags and the Rose was played out during a thunderstorm. Torrential rain of biblical proportions fell half an hour before kick-off and that dampened the grass somewhat. Inverness were quick off the mark and opened the scoring after four minutes when Aaron Doran took advantage of a defensive error to score from ten yards. No pun intended, but the floodgates never opened as Inverness made heavy weather of the next thirty-five minutes before Doran curled in his second of the game from just outside the box. What a beauty! HALF TIME: 2-0
Big chance right at the start of the second half for Rose but Cammy Mackay saved with his feet from Smart to deny the visitors who are far from out of this tie. A raft of substitutions on the hour saw the hosts tighten their grip on proceedings as the heavens opened once more with Billy Mckay and Austin Samuels passing on great opportunities. Doran also denied his hat-trick by Martin's reflex save. Keiran McGackie headed home in the 90th minute following a set piece but it was too little too late for the Rose who gave a good account of themselves as Inverness fiddled with their line-up. FULL TIME: 2-1

<<Image painted by local artist and ICT fan Sophie Robb>>

 

To put it all into context, here's our starting XI from last season. Lewis Nicolson is currently recovering from injury and Charlie Gilmour and Adam Brooks are the only starters currently in the squad.

Starting XI: Cameron Mackay; Lewis Nicolson, Wallace Duffy, Zak Delaney, Charlie Gilmour, Roddy MacGregor, David Carson, Aaron Doran, Austin Samuels, Nathan Shaw, Adam Brooks.

Just a reminder from last season what we will be missing>>>

 

Bonnyrigg Rose

<<This was their team v Dundee last week.

Players IN: Aaron Arnott, midfielder (Raith Rovers, loan to permanent); Bradley Rodden, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Kalum Higginbotham, forward (Tranent); Sean Murphy, midfielder (Tranent); Kieran Somerville, midfielder (Tranent); Ben Scarborough, midfielder (Luncarty).

Players OUT:  Reis Peggie, defender (East Fife); Sam Gormley, defender (Edinburgh City); Jason Jarvis, midfielder (Edinburgh City); Jonny Stewart, midfielder; Declan Byrne, forward; Conor Doan, midfielder; Jason Jarvis, midfielder; Robbie McGale, midfielder; Ross Gray, midfielder; Bradley Barrett, midfielder

Starting XI from last seasons fixture:- Paddy Martin; Josh Grigor, Neil Martyniuk, Conor Doan, Robbie McGale, Jason Jarvis, Jonny Stewart, Ross Gray, Reis Peggie, Dean Watson, Smart Osadolor.

 

 

Rose drew 2-2 with Annan on Tuesday night and lost the bonus point (if you believed the BBC report) in the penalty shoot-out (7-6). Brad Barret scored an early goal for Rose before Annan struck back through Paul McGowan and Paul Smith before a late strike from substitute Brad Rodden took the tie to penalties. As it turns out, Bonnyrigg won the penalty shoot-out 7-6 after Annan's Ryan Muir had his spot kick saved by new loan signing keeper Tom Ritchie from Aberdeen FC.

That result will give us an indication that Rose won't be just turning up to make up the numbers. Kallum Higginbotham was a sub and provided the assist for the 87th minute equaliser.

That's their starting XI from Tuesday night at Annan>>>

Dundee beat Arbroath 2-0 on Tuesday night to top Group D.

Scot Gardiner effect in full swing.

Can count the fans on a Dingwallians hand...

 

26 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

Scot Gardiner effect in full swing.

Can count the fans on a Dingwallians hand...

 

Is there anyone on gardening leave who could give those bushes a trim ?  

Wow, 2-0 up, Brooks and Bray!

The forum nihilists will be gutted by this performance

3 minutes ago, Stephen Malkmus said:

The forum nihilists will be gutted by this performance

Don't think there's anyone here who wants to see the team do badly.

2 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Slightly off topic but is it true that Billy McKay is the new coach of the Under 18's. Another cost cutting exercise to give him two wages to be closer to his previous one 

I’d heard that too, with Ryan Esson not offered a new contract. 

40 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Don't think there's anyone here who wants to see the team do badly.

Hard to tell these days.

"Six. Hundred. And. Eighty. Two"

Are they counting people driving past on the A9 too?

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FT 3-0. Not sure any of us expected a comfortable win like that, but well done ICT, after last season’s misery it’s good to get a home win and a few goals too.

Looking ahead to the league campaign, I see Annan won 3-0 at Arbroath. It will be interesting to see how we do against Arbroath on Tuesday. 

26 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

"Six. Hundred. And. Eighty. Two"

Are they counting people driving past on the A9 too?

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When we played them in the group stages on 15 July last year the crowd was 1077 (credit Gringo’s NPL). 

Good "team" performance today with everyone playing their part. 3 good goals and it should have been more bar the woodwork and a couple of poor passes from Billy in the second half.

Encouraging performance played at pace at times and no little skill by the team.Shame so many fans have spat their dummy out and won't go to watch and support the team.

So many posters on here saying they won't buy tickets, attend games while the board are still in place, Fergusons comments blah blah blah. Would you rather the club went bust. I think the fans have probably achieved as much as they can, scrapping Kelty move, chairman and CEO resigning so now is the time to get behind the team and give them your support by attending games.

Fully expect a big pile on now from the usual suspects telling me I'm talking nonsense but don't worry,  I  won't be reading or responding to any replies and comments. 

All I'll say is be careful what you wish for.

Positive performance based on some very good young players and some very calm experienced players. However, if players like Danny get injured we will struggle to say the least. However, no real complaints about today with DF using a new word and quite frequently - forward, forward.

Given the fact Highland Council is currently rated the worst in Scotland for certain services, we can but hope that the planning appeal is successful. Part of the appeal states 'It should be noted that the Committee Report erroneously stated that the proposal comprised 54 storage units. The appellant seeks to ensure the Reporter is fully aware that the proposal comprises 13 only storage units.'

On the assumption also that 'new owners' may be in waiting, there is the possibility of a little bit of optimism.  

 

Delighted to see the score. Well done boys.

3 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Scot Gardiner effect in full swing.

Can count the fans on a Dingwallians hand...

 

The game hasn’t even started that’s the warm up. Why not show a photo taken at 3pm.

On 7/19/2024 at 3:46 PM, Fraz said:

What's the view of the pitch from the lay-by on the A9 like these days? 

Ask Jack🤣🤣🤣

13 minutes ago, bishbashbosh said:

The game hasn’t even started that’s the warm up. Why not show a photo taken at 3pm.

He did to be fair. 

Was impressed with the first half. Pick outs bray and strachan who put in a few dangerous balls from the left. Being super critical I thought we passed the ball a bit too much, making 3 passes to get the ball to a player when 1 would have sufficed.

3 good goals and a turn and shot in the box that came off the post high up. Rose were a very poor side.

2nd half we did absolutely nothing, reminiscent of last season when leading after half time we sat back and let them dictate the play. We made subs and a couple who came on looked like they were still in primary school, buts that’s me getting old.

Billy was poor today not sure if it is early season or he is done.

best part of the day was watching a game without hearing the vile bile shouted at the board, Gardiner. 
You could have heard a rustle of the werthers original paper being unwrapped.

 

 

Well done boys. Good to get a win and a few goals. Nice to be back in the stadium. I see the big demonstration went well. 🤡

Great to get a win. Hopefully give some confidence to the younger players. 

Wasn't aware there was a big (or any) demonstration planned. 

7 minutes ago, Fraz said:

Great to get a win. Hopefully give some confidence to the younger players. 

Wasn't aware there was a big (or any) demonstration planned. 

Camera not the best, not a demo, just a refusal to pay gardiners wages me thinks. next to the sign post on the bridge. 

1 hour ago, Huisdean said:

 All I'll say is be careful what you wish for.

That works both ways.

1 hour ago, bishbashbosh said:

You could have heard a rustle of the werthers original paper being unwrapped.

 

 

Business as usual in the main stand then.

Well done to the team.  A nice win and a few goals will do wonders for the confidence.